A shell script will also work just fine to extract the system date in just about any format practical. See the MAN pages for the UNIX DATE command.
HTH, <snip> I came up against this and now build the whole ftp job using a batch initiated REXX program. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
